Adobe announced Wednesday that it will next year launch the beta version of Project Nimbus, a new cloud-native photo editor that enables users to move back and forth between a desktop and mobile.
The Lightroom-like tool that Adobe is developing was unveiled at its ongoing MAX conference.
The tool removes complications involved in the company’s flagship photo-managing and editing application, replacing it with simpler and smarter tools, according to Tech Crunch.
The company demonstrated that Nimbus is meant to work smoothly with the rest of its tools. Adobe aims to give its users the option to work on their projects across devices and applications. Project Nimbus is transferring the knowledge it learned from mobile back to desktop.
Nimbus is a “cloud-native” app, hence, users can get access to their work wherever they move.
The tool also uses Adobe’s new machine learning-based services. This will give users access to better search capabilities and richer tags.
Project Nimbus is very similar to Adobe’s Lightroom software, which makes Nimbus an odd fit in Adobe’s current lineup, according to Techcrunch.
In a press meeting at the Max conference, the CEOShantanu Narayen said that the aim of Nimbus was to extend its usage beyond the artistic fraternity to the common man.
“The truth is, we have tens of millions of users,” he said. “We have this fundamental belief that everybody has a story to tell.”
Bryan Lamkin, Adobe’s executive vice president and general manager of digital media, noted, “We definitely feel like we’re having an impact with the new business model by engaging customers across all segments of the market and bringing them into the fold.”
Going by Adobe leadership’s vision, Adobe is positioning itself as a more consumer-friendly company with next-gen seamless versions of their older tools like Lightroom.
